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Hackensack honors dozens of students with New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy
Summary
The board celebrated Hackensack High School students who earned the New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy; presenters described certificates, cords and medals and singled out students who achieved seals in multiple languages.
The board opened its June 16 meeting with a student presentation honoring Hackensack High School students who earned the New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy for 2026.
Marcela Moncloa, director of multilingual and world language education, described the Seal as an award from the New Jersey Department of Education that appears on students’ diplomas to recognize proficiency in at least one language in addition to English. Moncloa celebrated the ‘‘Comets’’ who earned the recognition and noted two students who earned two seals for Spanish and Italian.
Moncloa asked the audience to applaud the students and called names of recipients present at the ceremony, including Simon Aguirre, Luz Almanzar Garcia, Jean Alvarez, Guadalupe Antonio and a long list read into the record. The ceremony included presentation of state and district certificates, graduation cords and medals stamped with Hackensack and the language earned.
The board and administrators praised students and teachers and encouraged the community to support multilingual programs; the district said it will continue to fund testing licenses and supplies that support biliteracy recognition and related honor societies.
